I continue my grind up the American ground tech tree, may God Emperor Trump help me.
The medium tank line is going to kill me.
Finally got the M36, opinions?
[QUOTE=BananaMed;51636166]Finally got the M36, opinions?[/QUOTE]
Battle rating is criminally high for what it is, but the entire game around that BR and onward is a mess.
With any American tank that has a 90, get the APHE right away. AP basically doesn't do anything other than alert people that you're attacking them.
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;51635769]Can't be forgetting the gunner's head being in the highest, least armoured, point of the vehicle. Facing Russian or American heavy MGs fire when poking above a ridge is a truly butt-clenching experience, I've found :v
[sp]smh tho fam, no hesh[/sp][/QUOTE]
I'm not a fan of HESH, with only 10 rounds carried, I'd rather consistently pen, than roll the dice and pray to the gods that the HESH works without magically bouncing off or otherwise having no effect.
[QUOTE=Shibbey;51635656]The I-185 M-71 is actually secretly really good but only once you grind it out a fair bit. It's pretty fast and climbs only a little bit slower than a Kurfurst[/QUOTE]
It used to be the best climbing prop a few patches ago
Got mad at HEAT after this: (ala Type 60 SSRR vs. T-34-100's wunderbar 45mm front)
[t]http://i.imgur.com/NUOrPGQ.jpg[/t]
Swapped to HESH.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/CgyOFdB.jpg[/t]
Ok, I'll bite. HEAT screwed me bad one match, so I'm gonna stick with HESH. Disabling everything is better than occasionally getting a killing blow through the ass. v:v:v
[QUOTE=Doom14;51636622]Got mad at HEAT after this: (ala Type 60 SSRR vs. T-34-100's wunderbar 45mm front)
[t]http://i.imgur.com/NUOrPGQ.jpg[/t]
Swapped to HESH.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/CgyOFdB.jpg[/t]
Ok, I'll bite. HEAT screwed me bad one match, so I'm gonna stick with HESH. Disabling everything is better than occasionally getting a killing blow through the ass. v:v:v[/QUOTE]
I've had only bad experiences with HESH, I consistently kill with one or two hits with HEAT, the last time I tried HESH it did nothing, or bounced off despite being more or less impossible to actually bounce off. I've not had any issues frontally hull killing T-34-100s with HEAT though. The only tank so far in which I don't use HEAT at all is the M551 Sheridan because somehow I've had shit luck trying to kill anything with them, they're always bouncing off of everything. On every other tank, HEAT works fine for me, HESH doesn't.
[QUOTE=Doom14;51636622]Swapped to HESH.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/CgyOFdB.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Praise be to the HESH, hallowed is thy name.
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;51637035]Praise be to the HESH, hallowed is thy name.[/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/fajTasN.jpg[/t]
Praise be.
[sp]Yes, that's an IS-4M.[/sp]
i make thing
[vid]http://files.1337upload.net/UNRELIABLE-6328a4.webm[/vid]
hesh v nice
[editline]hesh[/editline]
praise be to hesh
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fun fact: the first 5 minutes of the match consisted of me being pinned against a wall by a squad of 3 germans
[t]http://i.imgur.com/mOn7e5o.png[/t]
>:(
[QUOTE=Doom14;51637049][t]http://i.imgur.com/fajTasN.jpg[/t]
Praise be.
[sp]Yes, that's an IS-4M.[/sp][/QUOTE]
You can easily kill them with HEAT too, though :v:
For anyone that wants to, i need to stay up this evening to get my sleeping pattern back in for work on Monday, if anyone fancies squading up for funsies and doing some casual grinding, hmu on Steam.
I'm not really liking the ST-A1 or A2, they're kind of weird.
[QUOTE=Ilwrath;51639437]I'm not really liking the ST-A1 or A2, they're kind of weird.[/QUOTE]
They're basically worse American mediums at the same BR. The M46 is roughly as fast, has more armor, has a goofy huge anti-HEAT forcefield, and the same ammo. The M47 has way more armor, similar fast, better reverse, and sometimes even bounces a shot versus the very sad Type 61.
I'm pretty sure the ST-A1, ST-A2 and Type 61 exist entirely at these mediocre BRs to make people suffer so they free RP to the ST-B and Type 74.
[QUOTE=Doom14;51639455]They're basically worse American mediums at the same BR. The M46 is roughly as fast, has more armor, has a goofy huge anti-HEAT forcefield, and the same ammo. The M47 has way more armor, similar fast, better reverse, and sometimes even bounces a shot versus the very sad Type 61.
I'm pretty sure the ST-A1, ST-A2 and Type 61 exist entirely at these mediocre BRs to make people suffer so they free RP to the ST-B and Type 74.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, more or less. Also tried out HESH on Type 60, and my stance on HESH still stands. They're good when you've got a flat good impact surface to hit, but HEAT do the job better especially at range when your aiming is hindered by the slow moving projectile and gun spread.
What I will say is that they've improved HESH since the last time I tried them.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/lZGt8wi.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/vr0gIWv.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=psychofox67;51638703][IMG]https://static.warthunder.com/upload/image/wallpapers/mz1_1920x1080_logo_com_ec4d7dcec8a53f40a520a93cad8f4adc.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[url]http://warthunder.com/en/news/4444-development-big-boat-the-mz1-en/[/url]
dem guns :O
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The boots are gettin' bigger
There i was, just tryna' be on my way, and these two boobs are having a fight, in the middle of the road. Inconsiderate.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/PXhOpZK.jpg?1[/t]
Jesus Christ are German teams god awful, as always.
The only reason we won a SB match was because I singlehandedly destroyed 8 enemy tanks and capped 2 points when we were at 1/3 tickets.
:v:
[QUOTE=BananaMed;51640298]Jesus Christ are German teams god awful, as always.
The only reason we won a SB match was because I singlehandedly destroyed 8 enemy tanks and capped 2 points when we were at 1/3 tickets.
:v:[/QUOTE]
"BUT IM IN A TIGER IM BETTR THAN U." Is the latest excuse I've gotten from them after slaming the crap out of them in a BoxTenk.
Is it just me or do British tanks become complete trash at 4.0? Is the Sherman Firefly trash at it's BR? Long gun Shermans make me erect and it would be a shame if the Firefly is basically unplayable.
[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;51642257]Is it just me or do British tanks become complete trash at 4.0? Is the Sherman Firefly trash at it's BR? Long gun Shermans make me erect and it would be a shame if the Firefly is basically unplayable.[/QUOTE]
Solid AP is utterly broken in War Thunder for whatever reason and is only bested in uselessness by large-caliber APCR. APDS seemingly and magically tends to do a lot more "damage" than either of these two. The 6 Pounders only get a pass because their RoF means you can needle everything before they can fight back, but with the non-APDS 17 pounders, you're stuck with this awkward game of "I can penetrate everything, but all I do is turn their ammo black and lightly upset a crew member" before they start returning fire.
Penetration constant, I'd arbitrarily rate ammo from best to worst in this order:
APHE
HESH
HEAT
APDS
AP = APCR
HE (unless 150mm+, then right under HESH)
APHE is arguably overperforming, too (Keep in mind the US lost less than one crew member for every Sherman destroyed, in game every shell that goes in kills three people at least), but if the game wasn't instagibby people would complain
[QUOTE=Doom14;51642457]Solid AP is utterly broken in War Thunder for whatever reason and is only bested in uselessness by large-caliber APCR. APDS seemingly and magically tends to do a lot more "damage" than either of these two. The 6 Pounders only get a pass because their RoF means you can needle everything before they can fight back, but with the non-APDS 17 pounders, you're stuck with this awkward game of "I can penetrate everything, but all I do is turn their ammo black and lightly upset a crew member" before they start returning fire.
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Do you have that document Milly posted where its the Brits shooting at a captured Tiger and basically every penetrating hit completely fucked up the insides with loads of dents from shrapnel?
[QUOTE=Shibbey;51642860]Do you have that document Milly posted where its the Brits shooting at a captured Tiger and basically every penetrating hit completely fucked up the insides with loads of dents from shrapnel?[/QUOTE]
[URL="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOrU6U1Iwc3ZmvDcQFYdIHsiGwOLUPZhwd1OqJqjgMfKgItCNWMIhxY00t44Xh4fQ?key=S05HRGlEbmp3cHJ6ZGJ2YVYydW5PVDd3N24zei1R"]You mean this?[/URL]
I wish the game's meta would put way more umpf into solid shot. There are some days in this that almost make me want to go back to World of Tank's stupid HP system. But then there are other days I get unusual ammo like HESH to work properly and it's too nice to ever consider the alternative. :v:
[B]Case in Point:
[/B][t]http://i.imgur.com/pB0errP.jpg[/t]
[I]The after effects of an EXTREMELY DEADLY 75mm AP round with 110mm pen hitting the dead side of a T-34's 45mm armor. Shocking, I know.[/I]
Part of me wants to become cancer in RB because it would be fun but my conscience is getting in the way. What do you guys think?
[QUOTE=Ta16;51643554]Part of me wants to become cancer in RB because it would be fun but my conscience is getting in the way. What do you guys think?[/QUOTE]
Embrace as much cancer as you possibly can in this game as long as it doesn't get you banned, especially if it fixes your blood pressure.
I'm still undergoing treatment after probably about 5000+ gold through 4-man Calliope squads via golden wagers.
I still have a hate-like relationship with the HESH, if you do hit with it properly, it's good, but if you hit something like a track you do fuck-all, while HEAT just goes straight through. And I mean, in some situations you don't have time to take long aim, you gotta shoot fast.
Chatban...
Aaaaaaanytime now.
Just what is it with abandoned factory? Every single god damn shmuck is like attracted to C like moths to a fucking streetlight, and i'm the only on there, trying to get ONE OF THE OTHER FUCKING POINTS ALL BY MYSELF.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/P5D9QIN.png[/img]
Praise the fates
[t]http://i.imgur.com/VBPjcPn.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/JjuHLVI.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/N2N3xgm.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/580ScHd.jpg[/t]
This plane is pretty radical, I know there's the US version but whatever who cares about that. It handles spectacularly at high speeds and kinda alright at low ones while posessing completely unbelievable speed and diving for its rank, it's just absolutely perfect. It just doesn't lose speed in diving attacks, and (with the assistance of a P-61 as bait) I was able to force down a trio of two Yak-9s and a Yak-3 without them coming close to landing a round on me. It's just too fast
Good drop
That moment you spend a 500% RP booster in a match where you get a single kill...
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